50 Clinton Street
50 Clinton Street, New York, NY 10002
Lower East Side
BBL 1003447501 · BIN 1090182
- Year built
- 2016
- Type
- Condominium
Every recorded sale at this building, 2017–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,477
- Listing discount
- -0.8%
- Recorded sales
- 55
- On record
- 2017–2026
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 50 Clinton would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
50 Clinton is a boutique seven-story condominium of 37 residences on a corner the neighborhood knows well — the former site of WD-50, Wylie Dufresne's pioneering avant-garde restaurant. Completed in 2016 to the design of Isaac & Stern Architects with interiors by Paris Forino, it is one of the polished full-service condominiums that arrived as the Lower East Side matured from nightlife district into a genuine residential market, and it remains among the better-finished newer buildings on the east side of the neighborhood.
For buyers, the appeal is the combination of a relatively new, full-service, design-driven condominium with a location at the center of one of Manhattan's most dynamic downtown corridors. Where most of the surrounding stock is pre-war tenement and walk-up, 50 Clinton delivers a 24-hour doorman, a gym, a roof terrace, and a designer finish program — service and specification the neighborhood's older buildings cannot match.
Building operations
50 Clinton runs as a full-service condominium with a 24-hour doorman — a real service level for a 37-unit Lower East Side building. Shared facilities include a fitness center, a roof terrace, and secure bike storage, a package scaled to a far larger building and reserved for a few dozen households.
As a condominium, ownership is flexible: purchases clear through the board's right of first refusal rather than a co-op admissions process, financing is not capped, and pied-à-terre, LLC, trust, and investment purchases are customary. Subletting is materially freer than at a cooperative. For buyers who want a doorman building on the Lower East Side without a co-op board, the condominium structure is central to the appeal.
Architecture and residences
Isaac & Stern designed a calm, contemporary masonry house scaled to its block: an articulated brick elevation with prominent cornices set over a wood-clad ground floor, a façade that reads as a quality contemporary building rather than a generic glass infill. At seven stories and 37 homes, the building keeps a boutique, low-density character.
The interiors are the building's signature. Paris Forino's program runs to solid white-oak herringbone floors, crown moldings, and expansive casement windows that pull light deep into the homes — a warm, residential aesthetic that has aged well. Across roughly 38,000 residential square feet and 37 residences, the layouts run comfortable and full-sized, topped by penthouse homes. New construction here means contemporary ceiling heights, modern systems, and open layouts that pre-war stock cannot deliver.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Sublet policy
- Allowed; 1-year minimum lease term
- Notable fees
- Condo. Buyer working capital contribution = 2 months common charges; app $700; credit $250/applicant; move-in/out $600-$700 fee + $1,000 deposit; closing admin $850; pets on approval
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2026 | 6D | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,189 sf | $1,750,000 | $1,472/sf | -10.3% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 1C | 2 BR · 3 BA · 1,723 sf | $2,495,000 | $1,448/sf | +0.0% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2D | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,175 sf | $1,750,000 | $1,489/sf | +0.0% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | PHD | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,096 sf | $2,065,000 | $1,884/sf | -10.2% |
| Nov 15, 2022 | 5B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 655 sf | $1,300,000 | $1,985/sf | -1.9% |
| Jul 13, 2022 | 3C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,128 sf | $2,130,000 | $1,888/sf | -3.2% |
| Nov 12, 2021 | 2C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,142 sf | $2,250,000 | $1,970/sf | +5.1% |
| Oct 6, 2021 | 6B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 655 sf | $1,190,000 | $1,817/sf | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,477/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount -0.8% over ask.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00344-7501) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a condominium, so the path is lighter than a co-op: a right-of-first-refusal review rather than a board interview, uncapped financing, and broad latitude for pied-à-terre and investment ownership. Diligence here is straightforward for a young, well-built building — review the financials and reserve, and read the offering plan for the specifics of the unit you're considering, since lower-floor, upper-floor, and penthouse homes differ in light and outdoor space.
The reasons to buy are concrete: a full-service doorman building, a designer finish program, a gym and roof terrace, and a prime Lower East Side block within steps of the neighborhood's restaurant, bar, and gallery density. Essex Market and the Essex Crossing retail and cinema complex are a few blocks away, with Target and Trader Joe's nearby and the F and J/M/Z lines at Essex–Delancey close at hand.
What to know if you’re selling
The full-service condominium structure and the Paris Forino design are the marketing core, and they distinguish a home here from the surrounding pre-war stock. The comparable set is recent closings in the building and in the small cohort of newer full-service Lower East Side condominiums — adjusted for floor, light, outdoor space, and finish.
Presentation rewards a building like this: the herringbone floors, casement light, and amenity package photograph well and should anchor the marketing. We benchmark against the right newer-condominium comparable tier rather than the broad neighborhood number, and we lean on the condominium's faster, more predictable closing path — itself a selling point to the flexibility-minded buyer this building attracts.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 50 Clinton, also look at these Lower East Side condominiums and conversions:
- 196 Orchard — Ismael Leyva Architects's 2018 Manhattan condominium
- 7 Essex Street — condominium near Essex Crossing
- 215 Chrystie Street — design-forward Lower East Side condominium
- 183 Chrystie Street — downtown condominium peer
- 38 Delancey Street — Lower East Side condominium nearby
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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